Carbon dioxide is being sucked out of the air in Iceland. Should this technology be further developed? Could Carbon Dioxide removal (CDR), or negative emissions technologies, be an essential part in keeping impacts of global warming near 1.5 degrees Celsius? In the summary for policymakers section of the IPCC report there are some important insights…
Tag: Sustainability
Sustainable Education? Sustainability Education? Education for Sustainability?
Whatever it is – we need it! Environmental education has truly proven itself as an incredibly influential and successful tool over recent decades. Working within the field myself, I have found this practice to be incredibly rewarding for a variety of ways, particularly that I am able to simultaneously and positively impact both children and…
Looking Good and Being Green: It’s Complicated
By: Elly Helgen If you’re like me, you’d like to think you’re not materialistic enough to care about what’s trendy and “who” so-and-so is wearing. But if The Devil Wears Prada taught me anything, it’s that we’re all a part of the fashion industry, whether we like it or not. Unless you don’t wear clothes…
Indoor Agriculture
As access to cultivatable land becomes increasingly constrained due to overpopulation and urbanization, new technologies are positioning indoor agriculture as a viable and sustainable way to produce food now and into the future. Indoor agriculture is a fitting solution to scale up food production in developed and developing countries alike and, considering input, promises to…
Backyard Composting: Changing the World One Banana Peel at a Time
by: Terrie Musser & Elly Helgen With the current threat of climate change and a fear of decreased resources, many individuals are looking for ways to become self-sufficient and include more sustainable practices in their everyday lives. One of the biggest drains on our land and resources is garbage. Lucky for us, there’s an easy…
In Carbon Footprints
Looking back at our predecessors and their positive, and negative legacies.
Black, Yellow, and Green?
There is no doubt that Pittsburgh is notorious for its sports’ fans and the ultimate passion found throughout the city limits and beyond. A simple drive through the ‘burgh is sure to provide arguably obnoxious flashes of black and yellow memorabilia of some sort, flags waving in the yards of most Pittsburghers’, and one simply can’t walk down…
Thinking in Connections: A Systems Perspective In Everyday Life
What is Systems Thinking? A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized around some purpose. Attributes of a System: elements interconnections purpose Systems thinking is a way of perceiving, describing and understanding, the forces and interrelationships that shape the behavior of systems. This method of thinking helps us to see how…
Self Sufficiency Through Home Gardens
Studying at Chatham and the Eden Hall campus I have learned many different approaches on approaches to incorporate sustainability into our society but also in my personal life. Small-scale home farming operations are an economical way to have access to fresh foods, and practice self-sufficiency. Many of us don’t have access to large amounts of…
No more receipts, please.
I have never been to an ATM machine that did not have a trash can directly beside it. This was something I noticed ten years ago in High School when I opened up a checking account and got my first debit card. I can recall being annoyed that I was forced to take a receipt…